Siding gage and bracket



(No Model.)

Siding Gage and Bracket.

No. 243,357. Patented June 28,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OINGINNATUS BOYD, OF LA PORTE, INDIANA.

SIDING GAGE AND BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,357, dated June 28, 1881.

' Application filed May 3,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OINCINNATUS BOYD, of

La Porte, county of La Porte, and State of Inwhile the bracket supports it.

diana, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Siding Gages and Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in a siding gage and bracket made of one continuous piece of metal bent into the required form, as hereinafter set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring 'to the annexed drawing, which forms a part of this specification.

The figure on the drawing represents a side view of my invention.

A represents the gage-bar, made of a rod of metal or a continuous piece of wire bent rearward, as at A, and then forward, to form a bracket, 13, the end of which is sharpened to form a barb to facilitate driving it into the wood.

O is a slide working upon the bar A, and fastened at any point desired by a.set-screw, a. The bar A may be graduated so as to adjust the slide 0 thereon for any desired width of siding.

Upon the bracket there slides an adjustable and removable support, D, which may be rigid or elastic, for supporting the siding upon the bracket. The support is made adjustable upon the bi acket for the purpose of accommodating various thicknesses of siding, and removable for the reason that in putting up short pieces of siding the support is rather an obstac'e in the way of the workman than a useful attachment. In working longpieces of siding the su pport performs an important functionnamel y, that of holding the siding in place laterally, The support is secured in any desired position upon the bracket by'means of a set-screw, b.

In applying this invention the slide O is set upon the barA at adistance from the bracket B equal to the width of the siding desired to be put on, minus the lap. The slide is then placed against the lower edge of the siding already in place, and the barb ot' the bracket driven into the siding to support the piece to be put in place. The siding is then placed upon the bracket, and the support adjusted to hold it in place laterally, after which the support will be in position to hold the remaining boards of the same thickness without further adjustment.

In putting up short pieces the support can be removed by loosening the set-screw, when it will be out of the way of the workman.

To remove the device a single tap from a hammer or other instrument will loosen it sufficiently to enable the person using it to withdraw the same.

Having described my invention, WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a siding gage and bracket made of a continuous piece of wire bent into form, as shown, and provided with an adj usting-slide, andasupportingspring adapted to slide upon the bracket and secured thereto, in the manner described.

2. A siding gage and bracket made of one continuous piece of wire bent into form as shown, having a barb formed integral with the bracket, and provided with an adj usting-slide.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OlNOlNNATUS BOYD.

Witnesses:

SAML. L. STEPHENSON, LEwIs B. PARKER. 

